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What exotic science fiction technology would you finance research into, if you had billions of dollars? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But they'd just realize we are all garbage and then gray goo the entire earth

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nah thats the dystopian version, op specified "Exotic" thats the one that doesnt go wrong and kill us all.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"Exotic" isn't synonymous with "safe"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont tell me how my hypothetical science fiction invention works, you dont understand the hypothetical sciemce fiction research we would be hypothetically doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

hypothetically cool, and very hypothetically legal